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THE ADVENTURES OP 
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They patted the big fellows on their trunks, and 
gave them lots of sugar 




THE ADVENTURES OF 
MOLLIE, WADDY 
AND TONY 


BY 

PAUL WAITT 

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY 

CLARA E. ATWOOD 


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BOSTON 

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 
1915 


Copyright , 1915, 

By Little, Brown, and Company 
All rights reserved 
Published September, 1915 



SET UP AND ELECTROTYPED BY THE PLIMPTON PRESS, NORWOOD, MASS., U.S.A. 
PRESSWORK BY S. J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. 


TO THE SEVENTY THOUSAND LITTLE OWNERS 

OF 

MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 



INTRODUCTION 


The Adventures of Mollie, Waddy, and 
Tony are true stories about three real ele- 
phants, which were purchased by seventy 
thousand children of New England and 
presented to the zoo at Franklin Park, in 
the city of Boston, Massachusetts. 

As to their little talks in these stories, 
the big fellows must have really said such 
things to one another, because Mr. 
William Orford, their former owner, now 
living in England, says they did. 











CONTENTS 


CHAPTER PAGE 

I. Mollie, Waddy, and Tony at the 

Court of the Prince of India . 3 

II. The New Master 9 

III. The Runaway 15 

IV. The Elephants Learn Some Tricks 21 

V. The First Performance at the 

London Theater 28 

VI. How Tony Robbed the Baker’s Shop 33 

VII. How Mollie, Waddy, and Tony 

Helped Tag Day 39 

VIII. How Mollie, Waddy, and Tony 

Wrecked the Barn 45 

IX. The Unkind Groom 50 

X. How Mollie and Waddy Made a 

Bridge 57 

XI. The Hose Bath 63 

XII. How Tony Ate the Passport . . 69 

XIII. The Trip to America 75 

XIV. The Elephant Firemen .... 81 

XV. How the Elephants Helped in the 

Snowstorm 87 

XVI. The Unexpected Guests .... 94 

XVII. The Children’s Campaign ... 99 

XVIII. The New Home 108 


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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 


They patted the big fellows on their trunks, and 
gave them lots of sugar Frontispiece ^ 

PAGE 

They saw the three elephants bowing politely 

before them 7 

That little rascal Tony came out dressed up like 

a dear old Grandma 31 

Tony stood near them, holding a tin pail in his 

trunk 43 1 

Reaching out her great trunk, she curled it 

around Mrs. Orford’s waist 61 ^ 

Then he began the business of rocking that 

cradle 83 11 

Mollie, Waddy, and Tony began to get some of 

those good things 98 1 

Suddenly the band burst into stirring music . 106 



The Adventures of 

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Mollie y Wi addy, and Tony 


The Adventures of 

Mollie y tVaddy , and Tony 

CHAPTER I 

MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY AT THE 
COURT OF THE PRINCE OF INDIA 

T HERE was great rejoicing at the 
court of the Prince of India. Gay 
colored flags were flapping everywhere in 
the warm breeze. Never before had the 
royal courtyard been so dressed up. 

And it was all in honor of the little 
Prince and Princess — Sidhara and Elda 
— of Northern India. They had come 
to visit their uncle, who was the ruling 
prince of the south country. He loved 
his young nephew and niece very much 
indeed and had made great plans for 
their coming. 


4 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

It was a very hot day, but Elda and 
Sidhara did not mind it in the least, 
for they were used to a warm climate. 
Already they were seated beside their 
uncle at the shady end of the palace bal- 
cony, which overlooked the great parade 
grounds. They were eagerly waiting for 
something to begin. Suddenly the music 
of a band reached their ears. 

Sidhara and Elda sprang to their feet. 

“The parade is coming !” shouted the 
children together. 

The elder Prince nodded. 

“Be sure to keep watch for Mollie, 
Waddy, and Tony,” he said, with a smile 
on his kind face. 

“Who are Mollie, Waddy, and Tony?” 
asked Elda quickly. 

“How in the world can we pick them 
out among so many soldiers?” put in 
Sidhara, his eyes wide open with excite- 
ment. 

The good Prince laughed. 

“Oh, you will be able to tell them, 


AT THE COURT OF THE PRINCE 5 


all right, and I think you will be sur- 
prised. 

“Who can they be? I never heard of 
them,” whispered Sidhara to his sister. 

“I can’t imagine,” replied the little 
Princess, with a puzzled look. 

Just then came a flash of gay color 
through the royal gateway. Watching 
the marching columns of horses and sol- 
diers that swept along the green carpet 
of the lawn toward them, Sidhara and 
Elda forgot all about Mollie, Waddy, 
and Tony. The stirring music of the 
bands made their blood tingle, as they 
leaned over the balcony to see better. 

What a sight they saw! How the 
horses pranced about! They seemed full 
of springs! Great companies of soldiers, 
in bright red and yellow and light blue 
uniforms, passed by like a moving flower 
garden. 

“Oh, see those soldiers in yellow 
coats!” cried Elda excitedly. “They 
look just like jonquils walking along.” 


6 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


“And the ones with the red coats look 
like live poppies,” echoed Sidhara, clap- 
ing his hands with delight. 

For a whole hour that wonderful pa- 
rade passed in full view of the royal bal- 
cony. As fast as the music of one band 
faded away, the strains of another would 
be heard from beyond the royal gateway. 

Sidhara and Elda had never seen such 
a splendid parade before, and they were 
very much excited and very happy. 

Presently the Prince of India leaned 
forward. 

“Now watch closely,” he commanded. 
“Mollie, Waddy, and Tony are coming.” 

The children stood on tiptoe as they 
gazed anxiously down the long line of 
marching men. 

There came a sudden cry from Sid- 
hara. 

“ Elephants ! Elephants ! ” 

“Oh, look at the baby one,” almost 
shrieked Elda, jumping up and down in 
her joy. 



They saw the three elephants bowing politely 
before them 





AT THE COURT OF THE PRINCE 7 

The little folks had spied three ele- 
phants marching along, with a swinging 
stride, toward them. A little one was in 
the lead, while close behind followed two 
very large ones. 

“Is Tony the small one?” asked Sid- 
hara, as the big fellows drew nearer. 

“Yes. You have guessed right,” an- 
swered the elder Prince, smiling. Then 
he pointed out Mollie, and, lastly, 
Waddy. 

In front of the royal balcony the ele- 
phants were halted by their keeper. 
Elda and Sidhara gasped with astonish- 
ment when, all of a sudden, they saw 
the three elephants bowing politely be- 
fore them. How grand they looked! 
Great gold and red blankets were upon 
their backs, and there were little gold 
caps upon the flat part of their broad 
heads. 

“Why, Uncle, you never told us about 
Mollie, Waddy, and Tony in your let- 
ters,” cried Elda. 


8 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


“I wanted to keep them for a surprise 
when you came to visit me,” said the 
Prince. 

That grand parade before the little 
Prince and Princess happened several 
years ago. Since then, the adventures 
and travels of the three clever pets have 
been carefully watched. 

Where, at that time, Mollie, Waddy, 
and Tony had two little child friends in 
Elda and Sidhara, to-day they have 
thousands of little boy and girl friends. 

As you boys and girls read these 
stories, we feel sure that you will come 
to love them just as Elda and Sidhara 
did. 


CHAPTER II 

THE NEW MASTER 

T HREE days after the big parade, 
which had been held for the bene- 
fit of the little visitors, Elda and Sid- 
hara, Mollie, Waddy, and Tony were 
eating their evening meal down in the 
elephant yard by the river. 

They were very fond of their home, 
in spite of the fact that Mollie and 
Waddy often wished that they might 
travel and see the world. 

Little Tony, who was hardly more 
than a baby, was quite contented any- 
where as long as he got his sugar. 
That little rascal loved his sugar above 
all else; and, during the few days that 
Elda and Sidhara were visiting the 
Prince, he had received more than his 
share. 


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The two children had come to see the 
elephants every day, and already they 
had become firm friends. 

“ Just see how white the palace looks,” 
said Tony, as he swallowed a little bunch 
of hay and looked off through the trees. 

Mollie and Waddy, who had eaten all 
they wanted, were throwing hay upon 
their high backs with their clever trunks. 

“I'm so sorry,” cried Waddy, pausing 
a moment, “that Elda and Sidhara have 
to go back to Northern India to-morrow. 
I like that little boy and girl a whole 
lot.” 

Tony cocked his head on one side. 
There was a sad little look in his eyes. 

“Oh, dear me, are they really going 
home to-morrow? I didn’t know about 
that!” 

“Yes, Tony. Waddy and I heard 
them talking it over with the Prince this 
morning, when they came down to bring 
us some sugar,” replied Mollie. 

The three elephants silently gazed off 


THE NEW MASTER 


11 


toward the white palace, which was all 
the whiter because the shadows of night 
were coming fast. 

11 It's a shame,” said Tony. “I like 
them so much! Is that little light shin- 
ing out of that window in their bed- 
room?^ 

“Yes. They have gone to bed early 
to get ready for their long journey,” 
answered Waddy. “We shall all miss 
them very much.” 

It was getting late. Already the tiny 
light in the palace window had gone out. 
Tony’s eyes were beginning to get heavy. 
In a few minutes the three elephants lay 
down on the warm straw and were soon 
fast asleep. 

When they awoke, the bright sun was 
winking at them through the great trees. 
Johan, their keeper, had long since been 
up and had breakfast all ready and 
waiting. 

During breakfast, the elephants could 
see that people were stirring at the pal- 


12 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

ace. As soon as he had finished eating, 
Tony scampered out into the big ele- 
phant yard and stood close to the fence 
to watch for Elda and Sidhara, who had 
promised to come and say good-by. 
Presently Mollie and Waddy came out 
too. 

“Oh, there they come!” shouted Tony, 
as his quick little eyes spied the children 
coming across the green lawn. And 
Sidhara had a big bag of sugar tucked 
under his arm! What a feast of dainties 
the big pets had that morning, though 
they felt very sorry when Elda and Sid- 
hara patted them for the last time and 
started away toward the castle. 

Although Mollie and Waddy felt very 
sad, they began to joke and play with 
little Tony to make him forget it. Soon 
they had the little fellow romping about, 
quite happy again. Tony ran squealing 
around one of the big trees, with Mollie 
chasing after him. How Waddy did 
laugh, till tears ran down her kind face. 


THE NEW MASTER 13 

Suddenly there came the sound of 
voices close to the elephant yard, and 
the elephants stopped from their play 
to look up. There stood the Prince of 
India, and with him was a strange man 
they had never seen before. 

“Who can this new man be?” whis- 
pered Mollie to Waddy. 

“I haven't the least idea,” murmured 
Waddy, “but he looks like a kind person.” 

“Yes, he has a good face,” agreed 
little Tony. “Listen!” 

The Prince was talking. 

“I hate to sell the big, clever fellows,” 
he was 'saying. “I bought 'them some 
time ago from a native, so as to have 
them here to amuse my little nephew 
and niece, who have been visiting me 
from Northern India. But the children 
are going home to-day, so ” 

The Prince dropped his voice so the 
elephants couldn't hear any more. But 
they had already heard enough to under- 
stand what it was all about. 


14 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

Mollie and Waddy looked at each 
other with wide-open eyes. 

“The Prince is going to sell us to this 
man/’ they cried, almost in the same 
breath. 

Tony went on nibbling at some of the 
breakfast he had left. 

After the men had gone, Mollie and 
Waddy ran back to tell Tony all that 
they had heard. The strange man had 
given the Prince thousands of dollars for 
them and was going to take them away 
across the sea to far-off England. 

“Oh, isn’t that great!” shouted Tony, 
who was always ready for everything. 
“Now we won’t miss the children so 
much, will we?” 


CHAPTER III 

THE RUNAWAY 

B RIGHT and early the very next 
morning the strange man came 
down to see Mollie, Waddy, and Tony. 
He walked right up to the three ele- 
phants and patted them kindly. 

“How are you, old fellows?” he said in 
his kind, firm voice. “You are my pets 
now, and we are going to be great 
friends. I have two little girls over in 
merry England, who will love you even 
more than the little Indian Prince and 
Princess. Come, Johan, we must hurry, 
or we won’t catch the train.” 

“All ready, Mr. Orford,” answered the 
keeper. 

Now Mollie, Waddy, and Tony had 
understood every word of this, and al- 
ready they began to like their new mas- 


16 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


ter very much. They felt sure he would 
be very kind to them, but they also knew 
from the way he spoke that they would 
have to mind every word he said. 

It was a lovely cool walk down to the 
railroad track, and the three elephants 
behaved themselves beautifully. They 
had a private car waiting for them; and, 
almost before they realized what was 
happening, they found themselves inside 
with Johan, who closed the big door, as 
the train began to move. 

They were on their way! They 
weren't one bit afraid, except when the 
whistle blew, which made little Tony 
squeal out. But, as soon as he found 
that everything was all right, he began 
to enjoy himself with the others. 

It was a long, long ride, for they were 
going down to a seaport, where they 
could take a ship for England. At first, 
it was lots of fun traveling; but, as the 
day went on, it became very hot and 
stuffy in the car. Tony took a little 


THE RUNAWAY 


17 


nap; when he woke up, he was very 
cross. The train stopped; and Johan 
opened the big door to take the animals 
over to a stable for the night. 

They were all very much surprised to 
find that it was already time all good 
boys and girls and elephants were in bed, 
for thousands of star lanterns dotted 
the sky from one end to the other. 

After giving them their supper, Johan 
lay down on a pile of straw in one corner 
of the barn, for he was very tired with 
the long ride. He left the door part way 
open, for the night was very warm. 

From somewhere off in the distance 
came the slow striking of a clock, one — 
two — three — four — five — six — seven 
— eight — nine — ten — eleven! 

It was just then that little Tony made 
a discovery. He noticed that the big 
chain around his foot had slipped off. 
In a second he knew that he was free. 
But he kept perfectly still, because he 
didn’t want Mollie and Waddy to know 


18 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


anything about it. That sly little rascal 
didn’t mean to be bad, but he meant to 
have some fun, and here was a fine 
chance! 

Oh, he was very patient, standing 
there like a little elephant-statue. He 
listened and listened until he knew that 
Mollie and Waddy and Johan were all 
in dreamland. 

Then he took just one step. Nobody 
moved. So he took another step, and 
stopped. Still not even Johan moved. 
Next he tried three steps, and then he 
walked ever so carefully straight out 
through the stable door and into the 
night. 

How quiet everything was! Without 
stopping an instant, he started up the 
dark road. Once he looked back and 
listened, in a scared little way; but he 
heard nothing, so on he went. Not a 
soul was about. 

All of a sudden, that keen smelling 
trunk of his caught a delightful odor 


THE RUNAWAY 


19 


coming from somewhere to the left of 
the road. Tony followed the sweet 
smell, and, wonder of wonders, he 
marched straight toward a richly laden 
mango tree! And Tony just loved 
mangoes! 

The tree was in a little yard, close to 
a tiny house. Now Tony wasn’t a very 
big elephant, but he was so big that, 
when he started to march in through the 
little gate, he got stuck a bit and finally 
crashed through with an awful noise. 

That started trouble. No sooner had 
he snatched the first juicy mango with 
his trunk and swallowed it as fast as he 
could, than a window flew up in the 
house, and some one shouted: 

“Get away from my mangoes!” 

But Tony kept right on eating, rus- 
tling the branches in his haste. 

The man in the house yelled so loudly 
that a policeman, who was passing, ran 
up to see what was the matter. But 
the policeman wasn’t any quicker than 


20 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


Johan. He had waked up suddenly and 
missed Tony. Hearing the shouting, he 
too had run as fast as he could to the 
orchard, where the feast was going on. 

Back to the stable went Tony. But 
he smacked his lips over those delicious 
mangoes! He began to think he should 
just love traveling, in spite of the fact 
that Johan scolded him all the way home. 


CHAPTER IV 

THE ELEPHANTS LEARN SOME TRICKS 

F OR days Mollie, Waddy, and Tony 
had been peeking out of the big 
port-holes of a rolling ship, which was 
carrying them to England. 

Riding in a ship was something new 
for our favorites, and on the first day 
they had been very much frightened as 
the great boat pitched and tossed about. 
But now they had become used to it. 
They even rather liked the gentle rock- 
ing back and forth. 

Out through the port-holes they could 
see the great waves go rolling by. Once 
or twice they had seen other ships sailing, 
way off in the distance. 

“Oh, I would like to ride in a boat 
always!” cried Tony, in his cheerful little 


22 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

way. “It makes me feel as if I were 
walking on air all the time.” 

Mollie laughed. 

“It is a lot of fun,” she said, edging 
away so as to let Tony look out of the 
port-hole again. “But, after all, I think 
I like the good old dry land best.” 

“Me, too,” broke in Waddy. “I 
guess you would be pretty tired of it, 
Tony, if you had to stay on a boat 
always.” 

“Yes, I guess I would,” agreed the 
little rascal, after a pause. “I forgot 
that we can’t chase each other around 
trees on a boat; and I just love to do 
that.” 

Mollie and Waddy chuckled, and for a 
time all three stood looking out through 
the port-holes at the sea, which was glis- 
tening like gold in the sunshine. 

The elephants were very much nearer 
England than they knew. If they had 
been looking out of the port-holes on 
the other side of the ship, they would 


THEY LEARN SOME TRICKS 23 


have seen land in the distance. Eng- 
land was already in sight. 

Probably Mollie, Waddy, and Tony 
will never forget that landing on the 
British coast. Nor will they ever for- 
get the thousands of people who stopped 
to look at them, as they walked along 
the streets to their new home. 

After walking for a very long time, 
they finally came to a pretty driveway, 
with green hedges on each side. Up 
through that cozy driveway they 
marched and into the prettiest little 
courtyard you ever saw, with a fine 
stable over to one side and a beautiful, 
gay flower garden just in front. 

“ Isn’t it lovely ?” whispered Tony, al- 
most afraid to speak out loud. 

“Very lovely,” whispered Mollie and 
Waddy in the same breath. 

As they turned to go into the stable, 
they saw, nestled in among the trees on 
the right, a splendid stone house, with 
roses climbing all over it. It was their 


24 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

new master’s home. In that house lived 
two little girls, named Elsie and Eliza- 
beth. 

Tired from their long voyage on the 
ocean, Mollie, Waddy, and Tony went 
right to bed that night. 

The next morning they were all up 
bright and early, waiting for the kind- 
faced man they had seen way back in 
India. They knew perfectly well that 
this was where he lived, for they had 
heard Johan talking it all over with the 
captain of the ship. 

* “I guess he’s coming to see us now,” 
whispered Tony suddenly, as the sound of 
laughter came in through the stable door. 

Just then, into the big barn bounded 
two pretty little girls, and close behind 
them was the kind-faced man. 

Tony was so happy to see the little 
girls that he squealed with delight; and, 
in spite of the fact that they were older, 
Mollie and Waddy almost squealed too, 
they were so happy! 


THEY LEARN SOME TRICKS 25 

How delighted Elizabeth and Elsie 
were! They patted the big fellows on 
their trunks and gave them lots of sugar; 
while all the time the kind-faced man 
smiled at them and kept saying kind 
words of welcome to the elephants. 
Presently he spoke to Johan, who was 
close by, and told him to take the chains 
off the elephants’ feet. 

You see, every night when they were 
put to bed, they were chained by one 
foot to the side of the barn, so that they 
could not go roaming around the stable 
instead of going to sleep. 

“Pm going to take them out under 
the trees to teach them some tricks,” 
said the new master. “Run along, now, 
you children,” he went on kindly. 

And away they dashed — Elsie and 
Elizabeth — shouting back over their 
shoulders as they ran: 

“Good-by, Mollie! Good-by, Waddy! 
Good-by, little Tony!” 

A moment later the elephants were 


26 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

out under the trees, alone with their 
new master. He spoke to them very 
pleasantly. 

First he touched Mollie very gently 
with a stick, just in back of her big, 
right front foot. She raised it wonder- 
ingly and then quickly put it down again. 
She knew that he wanted her to do 
something, but she could not quite 
understand what it was. 

But he was very patient, and so was 
Mollie. She soon found out that he 
wanted her to raise her foot, and hold it 
up in the air until he told her to take it 
down. How proud she was when she had 
learned to do that first little trick right! 

Waddy and Tony also learned how to 
do it. And they all thought it was 
great fun. 

In the weeks and months that fol- 
lowed, the elephants learned wonderful 
things. They loved to work with the 
man who was always so kind and 
patient. 


THEY LEARN SOME TRICKS 27 

As soon as they had learned a few 
tricks, Elsie and Elizabeth were allowed 
to come out under the big trees and 
watch them. You should have seen 
the extra lumps of sugar Mollie, Waddy, 
and Tony got when they did their tricks 
well! 

Those were very happy days. And 
the happy days went on for a year and 
a half. 

One night, just before bedtime, Mollie 
and Waddy had to laugh, for, upon look- 
ing over into one corner of the barn, they 
saw little Tony gravely standing on his 
head, with his hind feet up in the air! 

“I would do anything for the kind 
master / 7 cried Tony, as he flopped down 
onto all four feet. 

“So would we,” replied Waddy and 
Mollie. 

“Say,” continued Tony, “I think we 
are the smartest elephants in the world, 
don't you?” 

How Mollie and Waddy laughed! 


CHAPTER V 


THE FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE LONDON 
THEATER 



l ONY was just about right when 


he said that he and Mollie and 


Waddy were the smartest elephants in 
the world. If the little boys and girls 
of London could have seen the way our 
pets learned and practiced their tricks, 
they would have thought them very 
smart indeed. 

Already Mr. Orford had bought a lot 
of things for the elephants to use while 
they were going through their tricks. 

One night, when Elsie and Elizabeth 
came home from school, they fairly 
danced with joy to hear their father say 
that Mollie, Waddy, and Tony were at 
last all ready for their first performance 
in a big London theater. 


THE FIRST PERFORMANCE 29 

For over two months Mr. Orford had 
not allowed his little daughters to watch 
the elephants practice out in the shady 
yard, because he wanted to surprise them 
on the night of the first performance. 

Mollie, Waddy, and Tony had missed 
Elsie and Elizabeth a great deal each 
day, but they did not fret about it. 

Finally the great day of the first per- 
formance came. Elsie and Elizabeth 
were very much excited. Only that 
morning they had seen, down town in 
the shop windows, gaily colored pic- 
tures of Mollie, Waddy, and Tony, 
doing all manner of wonderful things. 

But they were even more excited in 
the evening, when they arrived at the 
big theater, where an orchestra was 
playing lively music. All the while the 
crowd kept pouring in, until there 
wasn’t a single seat vacant. Suddenly 
the orchestra struck up a beautiful, soft 
melody; the theater grew very dark; 
and up rolled the curtain. 


30 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

Elsie and Elizabeth leaned forward in 
their chairs, and what do you think they 
saw? There stood big, clever Mollie, 
fanning a lady with a large palm leaf. 
How the audience clapped! 

Then the music became more lively. 
Mollie dropped the palm-leaf fan and 
began to dance with the lady. In a 
moment, Waddy and little Tony ap- 
peared on the stage, dancing just as 
nicely as could be. How the people 
laughed at clever little Tony! 

From then on, things happened so 
quickly that Elsie and Elizabeth could 
scarcely follow them. 

First, all three elephants stood on 
their hind legs. Next they stood on 
their heads. 

You ought to have heard the clapping 
when big Waddy walked right up to a 
real telephone, and, taking the receiver 
off, held it up to her great big ear and 
began to make-believe talk. Such a 
noise as she made! 



That little rascal Tony came out dressed up like 
a dear old Grandma 





THE FIRST PERFORMANCE 31 

Presently some men came out on the 
stage, bringing a table and two big, tub- 
like things, which were rolled up close 
to it. 

Without waiting for a word from their 
master, Mollie and Waddy walked over 
to those tubs and sat right down, just as 
real people would sit down. 

The audience were just roaring with 
merriment, and the elephants were en- 
joying every minute of it. 

However, in another minute, every- 
body shrieked with laughter when that 
little rascal Tony suddenly came out, 
dressed up like a dear old grandma, 
carrying a big tray on which was the 
supper for the elephants. Mollie and 
Waddy then began to eat, and Tony 
scampered off the stage. 

“Oh, isn’t it too wonderful for any- 
thing?” whispered Elsie to her sister. 

“Papa surely surprised us, didn’t he?” 
whispered back Elizabeth. 

When the curtain went down on the 


32 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


last act, every one began talking about 
how clever the trained elephants were. 

The next day the papers were full of 
long stories about them, with pictures 
of them going through their tricks. 

In a single night, Mollie, Waddy, and 
little Tony had become the most famous 
elephants in the whole world; and they 
were very, very happy. 


CHAPTER VI 

HOW TONY ROBBED THE BAKER’S SHOP 

F OR a whole week that London the- 
ater was filled every afternoon with 
children. It would be impossible to 
count all the boy and girl friends Mollie, 
Waddy, and Tony made. 

But when the first big week was over, 
plans were made at once to carry our 
pets to Germany. 

You should have seen the crowd of 
youngsters who came to the station that 
Saturday night to say good-by! It 
made the elephants feel a little sorrow- 
ful; but, as the hours went by, they 
began to look forward to this new land 
whither they were bound. 

“Oh, dear me!” sighed Tony. “I do 
wish this long journey would come to an 
end. I'm so tired!” 


34 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

“I wish it would, too,” answered 
Mollie, who was leaning up against the 
side of the big private car. “ Where 
are we going, anyway?” 

Waddy tossed a trunkful of hay on 
her back and thought for a moment. 

“I think it's to Berlin,” said she 
slowly. “We ought to be there very 
soon now, after all this long trip on the 
boat and train.” 

Waddy was perfectly right. The three 
elephants were on their way to the beau- 
tiful city of Berlin, where they were to 
show the German children their tricks 
for a whole week. 

Yet, as the train rumbled along, little 
did Tony dream that an adventure was 
in store for him that very night! Why, 
how could he? He had never heard of 
Hans, the baker. 

Now Hans, the baker, was a jolly, 
hard-working man, who owned one of 
the best bakeshops in the city. 

All day long while Mollie, Waddy, and 


ROBBING THE BAKER’S SHOP 35 


Tony were on their way, Hans had toiled 
hard, baking all kinds of delicious dain- 
ties to put in his shop windows. He had 
just removed his baker’s apron and was 
standing in his doorway to enjoy a 
breath of cool air, when he saw some- 
thing which made him gasp with amaze- 
ment. 

What do you think it was? 

He saw three big elephants coming 
out of a large car door, just across the 
street in front of the railroad station! 
Mollie, Waddy, and Tony had at last 
arrived in Berlin and were on their way 
to the stable, which was next door to 
Hans’ bakeshop. 

For a minute Hans was frightened to 
see the huge fellows coming toward him; 
but, when he realized that they were 
going into the stable, he had a good 
laugh. He watched big Mollie enter 
first. Waddy followed. But little Tony 
hung back and looked right into the 
baker’s window full of tempting goodies. 


36 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


Then, with a sly little look, he marched 
on into the stable. 

The elephants had eaten their supper 
on board the train; and, as they were 
very tired, they decided to go straight 
to bed. Already Mollie and Waddy had 
lain down, and were talking sleepily back 
and forth. But Tony still remained 
standing, for his little elephant head 
was busy with very important plans. 

Presently Mollie and Waddy were 
asleep. 

Ah, you should just have seen that 
little rascal then! Very quietly he be- 
gan to run his clever trunk all around 
the wall. Every few moments he would 
stand perfectly still and listen. Then 
his trunk would get busy again. All at 
once the tip of it stopped at a little hole 
in the partition which was right next 
to the baker’s shop. 

Tony evidently knew that the build- 
ing was very old, and that the wood was 
almost falling to pieces, for he set to 


ROBBING THE BAKER’S SHOP 37 


work like a little major. He nibbled 
and nibbled with the little finger on the 
end of his trunk. All the while the hole 
was getting larger, until pretty soon it 
was large enough for him to get his 
trunk through. 

Then he began feeling around on the 
inside. Suddenly, with a soft little 
“plop,” the tip of his trunk touched the 
cool surface of a delicious custard pie. 
An apple pie was beside it. There were 
also puffy cream-cakes and heaps of 
lady-fingers. 

Now, of course, the little elephant 
was wise enough to know that he could 
not hope to get those dainties through 
such a tiny hole. Being very much ex- 
cited because the sweets were so near, 
he began to forget about being dis- 
covered, and ripped and tore at the 
planking in a very noisy manner. “Rip! 
Tear! R-r-r-r-ip!” Off came a large 
piece of plank with an awful noise. 

The crash awakened Mollie and 


-38 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

Waddy, who made a great fuss for a 
few seconds, while Tony, now thoroughly 
frightened for fear he would lose his 
feast, kept very still and scarcely dared 
to breathe. 

“Well, I’d like to know what that 
was!” exclaimed Mollie. 

“So would I,” echoed Waddy, lying 
down again. 

But presently, as all was very quiet, 
they fell asleep once more. 

Then Tony’s feast began. He ate and 
ate r and' ate, until there was not a single 
thing ' left on the baker’s shelves! 

Even good-natured Hans, the baker, 
had to laugh the next day when he found 
out what had~happened. 

Tony’s keeper gave him a good scold- 
ing; but Tony just munched his hay 
very innocently and looked out of the 
corner of his eye in that serious little 
way of his. 

Wasn’t he a scamp? 


CHAPTER VII 


HOW MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY HELPED 
TAG DAY 

W HOM do you think Mollie, 
Waddy, and Tony found wait- 
ing for them when a few days later 
they arrived at Brussels, in Belgium? 
Elsie and Elizabeth! 

You see, Mr. Orford had planned to 
take a long, long trip all over Europe, 
to show the boys and girls of France, 
Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, 
England, and even far-away Russia 
the wonderful tricks of his three pets. 

Now he thought it too hard a journey 
for his two little daughters to take, so 
he decided to leave them at Brussels, in 
a nice boarding-school, where he knew 
they would be very happy. 

This is how Elsie and Elizabeth hap- 


40 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

pened to be once more with their pets 
for a short time, and you can imagine 
how delighted they all were. 

It was a beautiful morning. Elsie and 
Elizabeth were taking a walk in the 
pretty park just across the street from 
the hotel where they were stopping. 

It seemed as if every one who passed 
by them had on a speck of something 
bright red, which, at first, Elsie thought 
must be red flowers. 

But when a lady passed close by, she 
saw that it was’only a red piece of paste- 
board, cut like a star, with some black 
letters on it. 

“What do you s’ pose all the people 
of Brussels are wearing red stars for?” 
questioned Elizabeth. 

Just then a strange little girl came 
towardithem. She was just as tall as 
Elsie. In her hand she carried a pretty 
basket full of red stars. 

“Buy a tag for the children’s hos- 
pital?” she cried, holding up one by its 


HELPING TAG DAY 41 

little red string. “This is 'Tag Day/ 
and every one is buying them.” 

“How much are they?” demanded 
Elsie. 

“What’s Tag Day?” inquired Eliza- 
beth, who always wanted to know about 
everything. 

The little girl answered the first ques- 
tion first. 

“They cost anything you want to 
give,” she explained. “But the more 
you give, the more it will help the chil- 
dren.” Then, turning to Elizabeth, she 
went on: “Don’t you really know what 
'Tag Day’ means? Why, I thought 
every one did! Well, it’s like this. My 
papa is a doctor in the children’s hos- 
pital, and he says that a lot of money 
is needed for extra beds and medicine 
and more nurses, so it was decided to 
make these little stars to sell to people 
on 'Tag Day’ — that’s to-day. Lots of 
boys and girls are scattered all over the 
city selling them. We ask everybody 


42 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


we meet to buy, so the poor little sick 
children will be well taken care of. Just 
see all the money I have in my 
basket!” 

The silver and copper coins in the 
tiny basket clinked merrily. 

“I'll take a tag right now,” cried 
Elsie. “I think it’s a splendid idea.” 

Elizabeth was thinking. 

“I know what will help a whole lot,” 
she declared excitedly. “Come on and 
find papa.” 

Away they ran — all three of them — 
back to the hotel; and, sure enough, 
their father had come back. 

Elizabeth ran up to him and began to 
whisper very fast. When she was all 
through, her father said, with a twinkle 
in his eye: 

“Why, of course, we will. Mollie, 
Waddy, and Tony will be delighted to 
help out the sick kiddies. You’re a 
smart girl to think of it, my dear.” 

And so it came about that, by noon- 



Tony stood near them, holding a tin pail in his 

trunk 











HELPING TAG DAY 


43 


time, a great crowd had collected at the 
entrance to the park. There stood big 
Mollie and Waddy on either side of a 
huge wooden table, which was com- 
pletely covered with red tags. Little 
Tony stood near them, holding a tin 
pail in his trunk. 

People were just pushing each other 
in their eagerness to get near our three 
pets, and nearly all took a tag from 
either Mollie or Waddy, who soberly 
picked them up from the table and 
waited for some one to buy. 

Whenever any one dropped money 
into his little tin pail, Tony would bob 
his head up and down to say “ thank 
you,” being very careful not to spill 
a single penny. 

It was so interesting to buy things 
of elephants, that even those who already 
had red stars pinned on their coats were 
buying others of Mollie, Waddy, and 
Tony. 

The children of Brussels will never get 


44 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

over talking about “ Elephant Tag Day/’ 
as they called it. 

As for little Tony, whenever he hears 
any one say “tag,” he immediately 
begins to bob his head up and down, as 
if he still heard the clinkety-clink of the 
money in his little tin pail. 

It always makes Mollie and Waddy 
smile. 


CHAPTER VIII 


HOW MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY WRECKED 
THE BARN 



ES — they wrecked a barn! Oh, 


A there was an awful rumpus, and 
all on account of a little rat! 

You see, it happened this way. 

Mollie, Waddy, and Tony had just 
arrived in a pretty little town in the 
southern part of France for a week’s 
visit. It was lucky that it was summer 
time, because the only stable in the vil- 
lage big enough for the three elephants 
was a very ol(J, tumble-down affair. In 
winter, it would have been a bitterly 
cold place; but now that it was warm 
weather, it did well enough. 

Traveling around so much, Mollie, 
Waddy, and Tony got used to all kinds 
of things, so they didn’t mind this old 


46 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


bam at all. Wherever they went, they 
always had the best there was to be 
found, but sometimes even the best was 
not very good. When it wasn’t very 
good, they never complained but were 
always happy and contented. 

Now this old ramshackle barn stood 
near the bank of a small river. Through 
a back window the three elephants could 
see little boats go floating down the 
quiet stream. Of course, it was a little 
hard for Tony to see over the window- 
sill, because he was so short, but by 
stretching his funny little neck, he could 
catch an occasional glimpse of what was 
going on outside. A cool breeze from 
the river swept through the old stable 
and made it very sweet. 

One day, little Tony was stretching 
his neck as far as he could, in order to 
watch three men go rowing by in a tiny 
red boat. 

Suddenly he saw something which up- 
set him greatly. Out from the rocks of 


WRECKING THE BARN 47 

a wall that ran along the riverside, right 
close to the old barn, scurried a lively 
black thing into the sunlight. It was 
headed straight for the stable. It was 
a great rat! 

As elephants do not like rats, Tony 
began to squeal in a terrible way. 

“A rat! A rat! An ugly rat!” he 
shrieked, jumping up and down in his 
anger and fright. 

“ Where? Where?” roared Mollie and 
Waddy together, very much excited. 

“It’s coming in the barn!” yelled 
Tony. “Get away! Get away!” 

“I’ll step on it,” trumpeted Mollie, 
lifting one of her great feet. 

“I’ll hit it with my think,” threatened 
Waddy, waving her trunk high in the 
air. 

Then they made such an awful racket 
that Johan, their keeper, who was just 
outside fishing on the bank, quickly 
rushed in to see what on earth could be 
the matter. But he couldn’t find out a 


48 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

thing; and presently the elephants 
quieted down and appeared to forget all 
about the rat. 

Finally supper time came. 

Darkness came on, and presently 
Mollie began to get drowsy. She lay 
down. So did Waddy. Last of all, 
little Tony rolled over on his side and 
shut his eyes. 

In a little while Tony thought he 
heard a noise. He opened one of his 
sly little eyes, and what he saw filled 
him with a great rage. In the streak 
of moonlight that flashed in across the 
floor through the open window, he saw 
that dreadful rat sneaking about! 

With a roar, he jumped up and began 
to strike at it with his trunk. The din 
woke up Mollie and Waddy, and they 
understood it all in a second. Oh, what 
an awful racket followed! Johan, think- 
ing the place must be on fire, jumped 
up too. 

The rat darted toward the other side 


WRECKING THE BARN 49 

of the building with all three elephants 
after it. As the horrid little thing dis- 
appeared through a tiny hole, Mollie, 
Waddy, and Tony butted full tilt against 
the rickety side of the old barn. Bang! 
There came a great splintering of wood, 
and with a crash the whole side of the 
building fell out! One of Mollie’s big 
feet smashed through the floor, and all 
three elephants squealed and squealed. 

Wasn't that a bad rat to disturb them 
so? Why, the barn was such a wreck 
that they had to sleep out under the 
trees the rest of that night, for fear it 
might fall down. 

The rat did not bother them again. 


i 


CHAPTER IX 

THE UNKIND GROOM 

O H, dear, I do wish Johan would 
bring us our supper,” cried little 
Tony one rainy night in Paris. “I don’t 
see what can be keeping him. He never 
makes us wait so long as this.” 

“Here he comes now. I can hear his 
step,” broke in Waddy, who had been 
quietly listening. 

And sure enough, in came Johan. 
With him was a cross-looking man, who 
was talking very fast in French. 

“I’ll only be gone till to-morrow 
night,” Johan was explaining. “You 
see, I had a letter from my mother, who 
lives in a little town not far from here. 
She is sick and wants to see me, so I 
must start at once. I’ll leave this 
money for you to buy some fresh 


THE UNKIND GROOM 


51 


bread for the elephants’ breakfast. They 
can’t have any for supper to-night, poor 
things, as I just didn’t have time to go 
to the baker’s. But give them a lot of 
hay and plenty of water.” 

“ Leave the big pigs to me,” growled 
the other man. “I’ll make ’em behave! 
Get over there,” he commanded, giving 
Tony a kick with his heavy boot. “You 
needn’t think you can have bread every 
night like real folks.” 

“Don’t do that!” Johan was half way 
out of the stable, but he turned back 
quickly. “You mustn’t be cross to my 
elephants, and don’t you dare touch one 
of them with your foot again. They are 
used to kindness, and don’t know what to 
make of cruel people. Give them plenty 
of fresh water, too. Good-by, old fel- 
lows,” he called, running down the drive. 

“Good-by!” trumpeted Mollie, Waddy, 
and Tony all together, as they watched 
their dear keeper out of sight. 

The new groom was astonished. He 


52 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

began to wonder at such clever elephants 
who knew enough to answer their master. 
When he gave them their hay, he really 
felt somewhat afraid of being left all 
alone with the three big creatures. 

Throwing down a little hay, the man 
hurried out of the barn without giving 
them a drop of water! 

“I don’t like that man,” said Waddy, 
as soon as he was gone. 

“If he ever dares to hurt Tony again, 
he’ll catch it,” put in Mollie. 

“And we aren’t pigs, either,” declared 
little Tony, who was very indignant. 

It wasn’t a very nice supper, and the 
three big pets were glad to go to sleep 
to forget how thirsty they were. 

In the morning the French groom 
came again. But he had no nice fresh 
loaves with him. Instead he only gave 
them some more hay and a drink of 
water. They were very thirsty, and the 
water did taste so good that none of 
them missed the bread very much. 


THE UNKIND GROOM 


53 


“Probably he will buy it for our din- 
ner,” said Tony hopefully. 

But noontime came, and they had no 
dinner at all! 

They were very hungry, and they 
wanted another drink of water very 
badly. It was a hard day. But they 
knew Johan would come home that 
night, so they tried to be cheerful. 

“He’ll bring the bread for supper, 
surely,” cried poor little hungry Tony. 

Mollie and Waddy just looked at each 
other. Then they went over in one 
corner and began to whisper together. 

Late that afternoon, the new groom 
stumbled into the barn. He had no 
big bag of bread, and he looked very 
cross. 

“You big pig,” he shouted, pulling one 
of Tony’s ears, — for he was too much of 
a coward to touch either big Mollie or 
Waddy, — “do you think I’m going to 
spend all that good money Johan gave 
me to buy bread for you?” 


54 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


Mollie looked over to Waddy and 
nodded her head, as much as if to say 
“Now!” 

The Frenchman started to pass down 
between the two larger elephants to get 
their water pails, when suddenly he felt 
himself lifted off his feet. Higher and 
higher he was raised in the air, for he 
was tightly held in big Mollie’s trunk! 

“ Catch him,” cried Mollie, tossing 
the frightened man across the barn to 
Waddy. Waddy raised her strong trunk 
and gripped the man firmly around the 
waist. 

Oh, how he screamed! He was so 
scared! 

And then they began to play ball 
with him. Mollie would toss him over 
to Waddy, and then Waddy would throw 
him back. He looked so funny, flying 
through the air, waving his big arms 
and legs, as helpless as if he had been a 
little pig himself, that it set Tony off 
into gales of laughter. 


THE UNKIND GROOM 


55 


“Ha! Ha! Ha!” squealed that little 
rascal. “Mollie and Waddy won’t let 
you pull my ears!” 

The unkind groom thought his last 
hour had come. He felt sure that the 
elephants were going to kill him. But 
they weren't. They just wanted to 
teach him better manners. 

While he was screaming in mid-air, 
and struggling with all his might to get 
away from first one strong trunk and 
then another, Johan, who had come 
back, rushed into the barn. He was 
very much scared at the noise he heard, 
and he had run so hard his hat had 
blown off. But when he saw the game 
of ball, he too had to laugh with little 
Tony. 

After he had taken the French groom 
away from Waddy, he said very 
sternly: 

“What have you been doing to my 
pets? They never treated me like this.” 

“Let me go! Let me go!” screamed 


56 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

the man, running for the door. You 
should have seen him run! 

Of course, the elephants wouldn’t really 
have hurt him; but you may just be- 
lieve they taught him one fine lesson. 

Johan never left them again after 
that. 


CHAPTER X 

HOW MOLLY AND WADDY MADE A BRIDGE 

M OLLIE, Waddy, and Tony were 
getting to be great travelers. 
Already they had traveled in England, 
Germany, France, and Belgium, and 
now they had arrived in the beautiful 
country of Switzerland. 

Perhaps you boys and girls have seen 
pictures of that wonderful country, with 
its high mountain peaks rising up toward 
the sky. 

It was a very beautiful summer day — 
the day of this story. Instead of giving 
their performances in a theater, as they 
had always done in other cities, the ele- 
phants were doing their tricks in a large, 
open park in this Swiss city. They liked 
the change very much, because they 
loved the great out-of-doors. 


58 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

Then, too, the park was some little 
distance out of the city; and, when the 
performance was over, it was very quiet 
and restful. 

Already the people who attended the 
afternoon show had gone home. 

Through their stable door, the ele- 
phants could see a beautiful lake, which 
looked like a large mirror. Just across 
the street, a little brook sang merrily on 
its way. The flowers, too, were per- 
fectly beautiful, and grew all along the 
roadside. 

Mollie, Waddy, and Tony were enjoy- 
ing the pretty view before them, when, 
all of a sudden, they heard voices com- 
ing down the road. 

“That sounds like Mr. Orford,” de- 
clared Tony, perking up his ears. And 
sure enough it was. Mrs. Orford was 
with him, and they came straight across 
the road toward the stable. 

“Hello, my beauties! How would 
you like to go for a little walk?” called 
/ 


MAKING A BRIDGE 59 

out the good master, as he patted Tony’s 
funny little head. 

Tony began to bob up and down to 
show his delight, and Mollie and Waddy 
felt pretty happy too. 

“All right. It’s nice and quiet out 
here. We’ll start at once,” continued 
Mr. Orford. < 

In a jiffy they were on their way. 
My, how good it seemed to be walking 
along the road in this lovely country! 
How sweet the air was! How good it 
was just to be alive! 

Tony went on ahead; then came 
Waddy; and, last of all, Mollie. Mr. 
and Mrs. Orford walked beside them. 

They left the roadway and were soon 
rambling across the fields. 

Presently Tony, who had gotten a 
little way ahead of the rest, spied the 
little brook, which wound its way 
through the wide fields. Without a 
moment’s warning, he jumped into the 
water with a little squeal of delight. 


60 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

Before Mr. Orford could say a word, 
big Mollie and Waddy followed after 
at a rapid pace. 

What a time those elephants had! 
They splashed around in the cool water 
and squirted it at each other with their 
trunks. 

By the time their master and mistress 
had reached the bank of the stream, the 
three playful pets had scrambled up the 
opposite bank. 

“Come back here!” commanded Mr. 
Orford. 

But, for once, the elephants did not 
obey him. They just stood and looked 
across the water at him, with mischievous 
twinkles in their tiny eyes. They felt 
so good they were going to tease their 
master for a few minutes. 

“Oh, please come back,” pleaded Mrs. 
Orford, going close to the water’s edge 
and holding out her hands. “Don’t you 
see the stream is too wide for us to cross 
here?” 









. Reaching out her great trunk, she curled it around 
Mrs. Orford’s waist 




MAKING A BRIDGE 


61 


Then a very strange thing happened. 
I know you will think it was pretty 
smart, when you hear about it. 

Big Waddy splashed back into the 
water and came toward Mrs. Orford. 
Just before the bank where the lady 
stood, she stopped. Reaching out her 
great trunk, she curled it around Mrs. 
Orford’s waist, lifted her high up in the 
air, and then swung her across the brook 
to Mollio, who was on the opposite bank. 

Very soberly, Mollie reached out her 
long trunk; and, taking a good hold of 
her mistress, she gave a little squeak, 
as much as if to say, “ Waddy, let go!” 
Then Mollie swung her high and dry on 
the further side of the stream. 

Mr. Orford was laughing so hard at 
the clever trick, that he didn’t notice 
that Waddy meant to play the same 
game with him. And, before he knew 
it, he followed his wife over the queer 
elephant bridge! 

What do you suppose Tony did just 


62 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

then? The little rascal began to nose 
into Mr. Orford’s pockets for sugar. 
You see, he thought such a clever trick 
as that on the part of Mollie and 
Waddy deserved some sugar; and you 
can just believe he was going to get 
some, too! He got it, all right! So did 
Mollie and Waddy. 

It had all been so funny and clever 
that the kind master didn’t have the 
heart to scold them for not minding. 


CHAPTER XI 


THE HOSE BATH 

H AVING left Switzerland behind 
them, the elephants had now 
reached that historic old city of Rome, 
in Italy. 

■ Oh, how terribly hot it was! The 
people said that they never remembered 
quite such a hot day before. The side- 
walks and streets, lying under the glare 
of the broiling sun, threw off a terrific 
heat. The very air seemed hot to 
breathe. Men, women, and children 
walked slowly along their way, dressed 
in the lightest of summer clothing. 

You know what kind of a day it was, 
because we have just the same dread- 
fully hot days in July. 

Every one in the whole city was suf- 


64 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

fering; that is, — all but Mollie, Waddy, 
and Tony, who were visiting there. 
They didn’t mind the heat. The hotter 
it was, the better they liked it. 

They were having their breakfast at 
the stable that morning, and as usual 
began with a first course of great loaves 
of bread, which they swallowed with 
great relish before eating their hay. 

“ Isn’t it a beautiful day?” exclaimed 
Mollie, biting one of the loaves in half 
and tossing a piece over to little Tony. 

“Oh, it is wonderful!” answered 
Waddy, between mouthfuls. 

“Quite different from those cold, shiv- 
ery days of last winter, when we were 
riding around the country in those chilly 
cars.” 

“My, those 'were cold days!” ejacu- 
lated little Tony, who always had some- 
thing to say on every subject. “Do you 
know, if I hadn’t had you and Mollie 
to stand between, I fear I should have 
shivered to death!” 


THE HOSE BATH 


65 


Just then the conversation was inter- 
rupted by a “ clang — clang!” noise out 
in the street. 

“What on earth is that?” asked Tony, 
his little eyes opening very wide in 
wonder. 

“It sounds like a bell,” replied Waddy, 
trying to peek out through the stable 
door. 

“That’s what it sounded like to me,” 
added Mollie, all alert. 

The noise grew louder; in fact, so loud 
that Johan, the trainer, who was asleep 
over in one corner of the stable, suddenly 
woke up with a start and sprang to his 
feet. 

“Oh, dear me! I do hope nothing has 
happened,” sighed Tony, who was be- 
ginning to be a little afraid. 

“Of course, nothing has happened,” 
said Mollie, in her cheerful, happy way. 

“No, of course not!” echoed Waddy, 
who wouldn’t have had Tony frightened 
for the world. 


66 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


Johan rushed to the street. After he 
had disappeared through the barn door, 
the three elephants became quiet again, 
for they knew he would not let anything 
come to harm them. 

It was an interesting sight that met 
Johan’s eye. He saw a lot of firemen, 
in their red uniforms and white, pointed 
caps, rushing around in the street. 

“Is there a fire? Where is it?” de- 
manded Johan, of a man who was stand- 
ing close by. 

The man shook his head. “There 
isn’t any fire,” he answered. “The 
Mayor has called out the fire depart- 
ment to wet down the streets with 
water, so as to make it a little cooler. 
That’s all!” 

The firemen began to unwind a long 
hose from one of the hose-carts, and 
presently two of them attached it to 
a big hydrant just across the street. 

“All ready!” shouted the chief. 

With a swish and a roar, a stream of 


THE HOSE BATH 


67 


glistening water shot up into the hot air. 
In a second it was spattering with a 
deliciously cool sojund on the sun-baked 
pavement. 

Mollie and Waddy and Tony heard 
it, and for a moment they thought it 
had begun to rain. 

While Johan was watching the men 
washing down the street, a thought came 
to him. He dashed across the street and 
said something to the head fireman. 
When he came back, there was a smile 
on his face. 

The keeper walked straight into the 
stable and began to unchain Mollie. 
Then he released Waddy. Next Tony’s 
leg was free. 

“Come, Mollie! Come, Waddy! Come, 
Tony!” commanded Johan; and out 
into the wet street he marched, with 
the big fellows close behind him. 

Then what do you think happened? 
Those firemen sent the stream up into 
the air in such a way that the whole 


68 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


shower fell on the backs of the elephants! 
Oh, how cool it was! It made them feel 
fine. 

All three of them stood just as still, 
enjoying the soaking to the uttermost. 
Raising their trunks into the air to catch 
the falling water, they playfully squirted 
it at one another. 

It was one glorious bath, and the fire- 
men enjoyed it almost as much as the 
elephants. 


CHAPTER XII 


HOW TONY ATE THE PASSPORT 



l HE week in Rome was another 


JL time of red-letter days for Mollie, 
Waddy, and Tony. When they went 
away, they left behind, as usual, hun- 
dreds of boy and girl friends. 

They were now eagerly looking for- 
ward to the new city they were about 
to visit, because they had heard Mr. 
Orford tell Johan that it was a very 
interesting place. They were bound for 
St. Petersburg, in far-away Russia. 

Now this particular day was a sad one 
for Johan, the keeper, and a very delight- 
ful one for that little rascal, Tony, — 
just because poor Johan had forgotten 
to lock his private chest. 

The chest was a great big, wooden box, 
with a lid; and in it Johan kept all his 
things. It stood in one corner of the 


70 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


car, — the one nearest Tony, whose little 
bright eyes noticed something unusual 
about the chest this morning. It was 
the way the padlock was dangling. 

Now Johan kept a great many things 
in that chest. There were his best suit 
of clothes, his best shoes, his handker- 
chiefs, and many little knickknacks he 
had gathered from all parts of the world. 
There were also underclothes and stock- 
ings and many other things. 

Johan always hid his daily luncheon 
in that chest, too. He simply had to 
lock up his own luncheon, because, no 
matter where else in that car he might 
have hidden it, those clever big trunks 
would surely have sniffed their way to it. 

It was very seldom that the elephants 
were left entirely alone, but this morning 
Johan thought he would go up into the 
car ahead to have a little talk with 
Mr. Orford. Just before going out, he 
walked over to his chest and took out a 
paper he wanted to show Mr. Orford. 


TONY ATE THE PASSPORT 71 

Mollie, Waddy, and Tony watched 
him out of the corners of their little eyes. 
They saw the cover of the chest fly up, 
and the first thing they sniffed was 
Johan's dinner. My, but it smelled 
good! 

Out came the paper. Down slammed 
the cover. Tony spied the dangling 
lock, — Johan had forgotten to lock it! 

Tony was hitched by a chain around 
one of his front feet, much nearer to 
the behest than were Mollie and Waddy. 
As soon as Johan disappeared through 
the door of the car, that sly little fellow 
began to eat hay as if nothing unusual 
had happened. 

Presently Tony took a step nearer 
to the chest, while Mollie and Waddy 
watched him closely. How provoked 
they were when they saw the tip of his 
little trunk reach out toward that dang- 
ling lock! 

Tony was not naturally selfish, but 
now, in his excitement, he was working 


72 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

so quickly that he forgot all about 
Mollie and Waddy. The little fellow 
flipped off the lock, with a quick little 
jerk. 

Up flew the cover! Then, well, of 
course, you can guess that Tony went 
for the lunch first. There were some 
sausages, bread and butter, and a large 
piece of cake. 

The bread and butter disappeared in 
Tony’s mouth in a second. So did the 
cake. But he didn’t seem to like the 
sausages a bit, so he playfully tossed 
them over to Mollie and Waddy, who 
only sniffed at them in disgust. 

The next thing Tony found in that 
chest was a red bandana handkerchief. 
He evidently liked the color of it, for 
he swished it up into his mouth and 
swallowed it! 

Then he tore some of Johan’s letters 
into pieces, but that wasn’t so bad as 
trying to chew up one of Johan’s best 
shoes! 


TONY ATE THE PASSPORT 73 

Meanwhile, Johan, finding Mr. Orford 
sound asleep, had started back for the 
elephant car. When he opened the door, 
he caught that sly little Tony right in 
the act of robbing his chest. 

“Here! Here! Get out of that!” he 
shouted. 

Tony hastily made a grab at the open 
chest for one last bite, curling the tip of 
his trunk around what Johan saw in 
dismay was his passport — the paper 
which had to be shown before Johan 
could enter the country of Russia! And 
before Johan could reach him, he had 
swallowed it whole! 

Alas, poor Johan! His letters were 
scattered and tom, his luncheon was 
eaten, and his passport gone! 

But he was a kind keeper and knew 
he was to blame for having left the 
chest unlocked. All he said to Tony 
was: 

“You bad Tony! What do you mean 
by such actions?” 


74 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

Tony began to nibble his hay and 
looked very innocent, — the little scamp! 

Of course, Johan was able to get 
another passport; but, by swallowing 
that first one, Tony made the whole 
party wait an extra day before they 
could enter the boundaries of Russia. 


CHAPTER XIII 

THE TRIP TO AMERICA 

F OR two days the elephants had 
been in St. Petersburg, in Russia. 
It was afternoon, and they were at the 
theater waiting until it was their turn 
to act. 

“Did you hear the master tell Johan 
that he had another big surprise for 
us?” asked Waddy, as she sniffed around 
a box to see if she could find any sugar. 
Tony pricked up his ears. 

“Yes, I heard him, and I wondered 
what it could be,” answered Mollie, 
reaching out her trunk for a peanut, 
which one of the theater men offered her. 

“Perhaps he has had a letter from 
Elsie and Elizabeth,” volunteered Tony. 
“Perhaps they are taking a walk over 
to Russia to see us.” 


76 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


“It's a pretty long walk from Brussels 
to here, little Tony,” laughed Mollie. 

“Well, I should say so,” interrupted 
Waddy. “I guess it would take them 
a year to walk that far.” 

“Oh, would it?” said Tony soberly. 

A moment more, and it was their turn 
to go on the stage, where they delighted 
the boys and girls with their tricks, as 
they always did everywhere. 

As soon as the curtain dropped, and 
the elephants started to leave the stage, 
Tony gave a funny little squeal and 
rushed for the wings, almost knocking 
over one of the stage hands in his 
eagerness. 

And you wouldn’t have wondered at 
him, had you seen the cause of his 
excitement. 

There, just to one side, stood — who 
do you think? No — not Elsie and 
Elizabeth; but Elda and Sidhara, the 
little boy and girl, you remember, who 
lived away off in India! 


THE TRIP TO AMERICA 77 

Mollie and Waddy were close seconds 
to Tony. There stood all three ele- 
phants around the children, holding out 
their trunks to shake hands! 

“Oh, they've grown smarter than ever, 
haven't they, Elda?" cried Sidhara. 

“Yes, they have," agreed Elda admir- 
ingly. “And just see how little Tony is 
growing up!" 

Tony was so tickled at this that he 
began to dance from one foot to the 
other, in that funny way which makes 
every one laugh who sees him. 
r “Here, you little rogue, what mis- 
chief are you up to now?" laughed the 
boy, suddenly finding the little wet end 
of Tony's trunk in his pocket. 

You may be sure Tony got what he 
was hunting for, for the children had 
stuffed their pockets with goodies for 
their former pets. Mollie and Waddy 
each had her share, too. 

What a surprise it was! You see, 
Elda and Sidhara had been visiting for 


78 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


a month in St. Petersburg, and you can 
imagine their delight when they heard 
that Mollie, Waddy, and Tony were also 
going to come to the city. 

Every day while the Orfords stayed in 
St. Petersburg, the children came to see 
the elephants. Those were very happy 
days for them all. 

But the time came only too soon when 
the children had to say “ good-by” 
again, for Mollie, Waddy, and Tony had 
another long journey ahead of them. 

The people of America had heard how 
much the elephants had pleased the chil- 
dren of Europe, so they wanted their 
own boys and girls to see their clever 
tricks. And Mr. Orford had decided to 
start across the ocean at once. 

Shortly after, they were all snugly 
aboard a big ocean steamer at Naples, 
where the water of the bay was bluer 
than a fairy sea. Late in the afternoon, 
when the sky was warm red with the 
setting sun, the great chains clanked; 


THE TRIP TO AMERICA 


79 


and Mollie, Waddy, and Tony suddenly 
felt the motion of the boat. 

They had left Italy and were bound 
for America! 

Of course, by now it was nothing new 
for them to travel by sea, for, you 
remember, at the very start of their 
journeys, how they went from India to 
England. Oh, they were very fine sail- 
ors, and only once during the trip across 
was there any trouble. This was during 
a heavy storm, when the great ship rolled 
and pitched so that little Tony was 
scared to death. 

“ Everything is all right,” comforted 
Mollie. 

“’Course it is,” added Waddy. “If 
it hadn’t been, do you think our kind 
master would have put us on this boat? ” 

That seemed to quiet Tony, and the 
poor little fellow began to get his 
courage back. 

In the afternoon the storm vanished, 
and the next day was fine. 


80 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

“ Afraid? Why, I just love sailing I 
I'm not afraid of anything!” declared 
Tony at breakfast. 

Mollie and Waddy winked at each 
other and went on eating their bread 
without a word. 

That very night, while they slept, the 
big steamer reached New York harbor. 
When Johan awakened them and told 
them they were in America, the elephants 
were very much surprised. 

“ Hurrah!” trumpeted Tony joyfully, 
making one of the sailors, who was 
passing by, jump a foot, he was so 
startled. 

“Oh, wasn't that funny!” roared 
Mollie. “He must have thought you 
were mad!” 

“Ho! Ho! Ho!” laughed Waddy. 

“Hurrah! Hurrah!” trumpeted Tony 
again, just for the mischief of it. 


CHAPTER XIV 

THE ELEPHANT FIREMEN 


A T last Mollie, Waddy, and Tony 
were in America! 

They were taken at once to a warm, 
cozy stable in the heart of busy New 
York. 

Just now they were having one of 
their little elephant talks, as they ate 
their dinner. 

“I do hope we do well at the first 
performance in this new country,” ex- 
claimed Mollie, between mouthfuls of 
bread. 

“So do I,” replied little Tony ear- 
nestly. “I guess that new fire scene 
we rehearsed in Russia will please the 
American boys and girls, all right.” 

“Of course, they’ll like it,” put in 
Waddy. “They always like something 


82 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


with a go to it, because I heard Mr. 
Orford tell Johan, and he’s always right.” 

“ We’ll try our best to please them, 
won’t we?” added Tony, tossing some 
hay on to his back, with his little trunk. 

“Why, of course ” began the 

other two elephants both at once, when 
in walked Johan, who told them it was 
time to start for the theater for the 
afternoon performance. 

The fire scene came near the end of 
the elephant act. After Mollie, Waddy, 
and Tony had gone through all the other 
tricks they knew, they amazed the boys 
and girls of America with this one. The 
children had never dreamed that such 
smart elephants lived. 

This is what they saw that first after- 
noon. 

Over in one corner of the stage stood 
a little cottage, out of whose front door 
trotted little Tony, dressed up as a 
grandmother, and carrying a baby ele- 
phant in his trunk. 





Then he began the business of rocking that cradle 







THE ELEPHANT FIREMEN 


83 


Mollie and Waddy, standing quietly 
together on the opposite side of the 
stage, whispered to each other how well 
Tony acted his part. 

A tiny cradle, — it was a real baby’s 
cradle, — had been placed near the center 
of the stage. Tony soberly walked up 
to it and gently laid the baby elephant 
in the cradle, pulling up the bedclothes 
with his clever trunk and tenderly cover- 
ing the baby. 

Picking up a match from a table close 
by, he scratched it, and lit a candle on 
the table. Then he began the business 
of rocking that cradle, in such a funny 
manner that the boys and girls just 
shrieked with laughter. 

In another minute something very 
exciting occurred. 

There came the flare of fire from the 
windows of the little cottage. High up 
in one of the windows was a lady all 
in white, calling to the elephants to 
help her. It was really Mrs. Orford; 


84 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

and the children were terribly ex- 
cited. 

Mollie and Waddy at once began to 
move swiftly. In a flash, they grabbed 
a big hose-cart from the rear of the stage 
and pulled it up close to the burning 
house. 

Little Tony, in great alarm, snatched 
the elephant baby from the cradle and 
rushed off the stage! 

Waddy picked up a hose from the 
hose-cart, and, while Mollie pumped for 
dear life, with the hose-cart pump, 
Waddy played water on the fire. 

Now, when Waddy saw that she 
couldn’t put the fire out with the hose, 
and that Mrs. Orford was calling for 
help from the up-stairs window, she 
dropped the hose and hurried up to her. 
Standing beneath the window, she rose 
up on her hind legs so that the lady 
could step right out on to her big head. 
Then, with her strong trunk, she lifted 
her safely to the ground! 


THE ELEPHANT FIREMEN 85 

How the boys and girls applauded 
this exciting rescue! 

Down went the curtain. But the 
children clapped so hard that it had to 
be raised again. 

There stood Mollie and Waddy, po- 
litely bowing to everybody. 

Little Tony, seeing Mrs. Orford's 
handkerchief on the floor, scampered 
over to pick it up; and then began to 
wave it wildly. 

This little trick made the children 
laugh more than ever. 

“We did please them! We did pelase 
them! ” cried the little fellow, that day, on 
the way back to the stable. “I am so 
glad I am a smart elephant!” 

Big Mollie winked at Waddy. Then 
she said: 

“We ought to get some sugar after 
that splendid performance. Don't you 
think so, Tony?” 

“ Yes - sir - ree - sir ! ” answered Tony. 
“And I know where the sugar is, be- 


86 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


cause' I saw Johan hide it under a pile 
of hay, right near my side of the 
stable.” 

The little rascal was up to his tricks 
again! 


CHAPTER XV 


HOW THE ELEPHANTS HELPED IN THE 
SNOWSTORM 

A FTER that performance in New 
York City, Mollie, Waddy, and 
Tony soon became as famous in America 
as they had been in Europe. 

First, the elephants came to Boston. 
Next, they toured the southern cities. 
Then they began a long trip out through 
our great West. 

They loved America very much, and 
they were never cross during their long, 
tiresome journeys. 

At the time of this particular story, 
it was very late in the fall. The ele- 
phants were traveling between Chicago 
and Salt Lake City. 

It was so snug and warm in the big 


88 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

car that Mollie, Waddy, and Tony didn’t 
mind the cold weather outside. 

“What a big country this America 
is!” Tony was saying, as the wheels of 
the train sang a constant song beneath 
his feet. 

“Almost as big as Switzerland,” de- 
clared Mollie, giving Waddy a little kick 
with her hind foot. 

“Ho! Ho! Ho!” roared little Tony. 
“That’s all you know about it. Why, 
you could put hundreds of Switzerlands 
in America! You can’t fool me!” 

Mollie and Waddy looked sheepish, 
because the little fellow had turned the 
joke on them. 

“You’re a very smart elephant,” was 
all Mollie could say. And Waddy 
agreed. 

The train suddenly began to slow 
down, and presently came to a full 
stop with a quick jerk. 

“Wonder what’s the matter,” cried 
Tony. 


IN THE SNOWSTORM 89 

Mollie, who hadn't looked out of the 
window for hours, lifted her eyes and 
took a peek. Then, with a funny little 
cry, she called: 

“Oh, Waddy! Do come here quick! 
The air is full of white stuff, and the 
whole earth is white! What can be the 
matter? ” 

Waddy gave a look, and was as much 
puzzled as Mollie. 

“Oh, goody! It's raining sugar!” 
cried little Tony. 

Just then the car door slammed, and 
Mr. Orford came in with Johan. 

“It's a pretty bad snowstorm, Johan," 
said the master. “I'm afraid the train 
will be late." 

Those quick, bright eyes of little 
Tony noticed, all over Mr. Orford's 
shoulders, the tiny white flakes of snow, 
which soon began to melt and disappear. 

As soon as the two men had gone out 
into another car, Tony exclaimed breath- 
lessly: 


90 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


“It/s a snowstorm! Don’t you re- 
member, we heard about them over in 
Russia, and they won’t hurt you a 
bit!” 

Mollie and Waddy did remember; but 
this was the first snow they had ever 
seen, and it was all very strange to them. 

The train stood still; and, when 
Johan came back with Mr. Orford, 
the elephants found out that the reason 
was because the snow was blocking the 
track ahead. 

After an hour the snow stopped fall- 
ing. The train men shoveled away some 
of the snow from the rails; and once 
more they were able to start. Of course, 
the train moved very slowly. 

Not until half-past seven that night 
did they arrive at Salt Lake City. The 
train was four whole hours late! 

You may well imagine how disturbed 
Mr. Orford was, because the first per- 
formance was due to begin in just half 
an hour. 


IN THE SNOWSTORM 


91 


My, how the men had to work in get- 
ting the things the elephants used in 
doing their tricks aboard a large wagon! 
When, at last, everything was ready, 
they started for the theater. 

How queer the snow felt under the 
elephants’ feet! But they didn’t seem 
to mind it a bit. In fact, they rather 
enjoyed it. 

“It looks like sugar. I hope it tastes 
like it!” said Tony, scooping up some 
with his trunk. Mollie and Waddy 
tried it too; and they were all terribly 
disappointed at the taste. 

In the meantime, the team had started. 
The elephants were enjoying themselves 
very much, when some more trouble 
happened. It seemed to be a day of 
troubles! 

The big wagon had become stuck in 
the snow, and it began to look as if both 
the elephants and their things would be 
very late for the performance. 

Try as they would, the drivers couldn’t 


92 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

budge the big team. They were nearly 
giving up in despair, when Mr. Orford 
suddenly had an idea. 

“Come here, Mollie and Waddy,” he 
commanded. 

The big fellows went ahead. So did 
Tony. They all stopped right in back 
of the team. 

“Now, I want you big, strong fellows 
to help me out of a scrape,” explained 
their master. “I want you to push this 
wagon out of this snowdrift.” 

In a moment Mollie and Waddy were 
at work. They lowered their big heads 
and began to push the back of the 
wagon. 

Little Tony, not wishing to be out- 
done, grabbed the spokes of one of the 
wheels and began to pull! 

Nothing could hold out against such 
powerful strength; and, in a few seconds, 
the heavy wagon was pushed ahead on 
to firmer ground. 


IN THE SNOWSTORM 93 

So the elephants and their scenery 
arrived at the big theater just in time. 
And Mollie, Waddy, and Tony felt very 
proud to think it was they who had made 
it possible. 


CHAPTER XVI 

THE UNEXPECTED GUESTS 

M OLLIE, Waddy, and Tony trav- 
eled much during that next winter. 
Everywhere they went, they were given 
fine receptions. They made thousands 
and thousands of boy and girl friends. 

When Billy Moffett leaped out of bed, 
one warm, spring morning, he rushed to 
the window and dashed aside the cur- 
tain to see what sort of a day it was. 

A flood of sunshine swept into his 
eyes, and he blinked and blinked be- 
cause it was so bright. 

It was cherry-blossom time, and the 
gentle morning breeze was playfully 
whisking the soft, delicate pink and 
white petals down to the ground in 
snowy showers. Billy could see that 
the ground was covered with them. 


THE UNEXPECTED GUESTS 95 


From his place high up in the window, 
the sun shining down upon them made 
it appear as if a silver carpet had been 
spread under the trees. Out among the 
branches of the pretty cherry tree, the 
good-morning song of a robin redbreast 
came to Billy’s ears. 

He felt very happy. And well he 
should, because to-day was his birthday. 
He was just nine years old. 

Little did Billy know that during the 
night two big elephants and a little one 
had arrived at the stable just across the 
street! 

Even now, as Billy stood gazing out 
of the window, they were eating their 
breakfast; but they were far back in 
the stable, and Billy could not see them 
through the open door. 

You can just believe it didn’t take 
Billy very long to get dressed that 
morning! When he reached the break- 
fast table, he was overwhelmed with 
kisses and hugs, because mother, Sister 


96 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

Dorothy, father, and Grandma Moffett 
each just had to give him nine for good 
luck. 

Then everybody gathered around the 
breakfast table and watched Billy open 
his presents, which had been placed 
beside his plate. 

There were a lot of them, and Billy 
was overjoyed; but a moment later 
he just danced with delight, when his 
mother said that he could have a little 
party ' out under the cherry tree at 
noon. 

My, but that was a busy morning! 
By noontime, a pretty little table had 
been set under the trees, and already the 
guests of the day had arrived. There 
were, of course, Billy and his sister, 
Dorothy; then came Leila Smith and 
Philip Morgan, who lived two houses 
down the street. 

Oh, what a merry time they were hav- 
ing! How good the tarts and candies 
were, and what a wonderful thing to see 


THE UNEXPECTED GUESTS 97 

was Billy’s birthday cake, all covered 
with tiny, candy mites! 

But at the height of the merriment, 
Leila Smith gave a sharp, little scream 
and turned pale; and in a second there 
was wild excitement. What do you 
think had happened? Why, from out 
that stable door across the street, there 
suddenly appeared the three elephants, 
and they “whiffed,” and “puffed,” and 
“sniffed,” as they smelled the good 
things to eat. 

Mr. Orford saw at a glance that the 
little party had been very rudely dis- 
turbed, so he quickly went over to 
Billy’s yard and told him not to be a 
bit afraid. 

Then he turned and called to Mollie 
and Waddy and little Tony, and they 
came eagerly forward with their trunks 
outstretched. 

When little Tony stood up on his 
hind legs and began to beg in that irre- 
sistible way of his, the children shrieked 


98 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 


with laughter; and you may be sure 
that Mollie and Waddy and Tony began 
to get some of those good things to eat. 

Little Tony went into the yard and 
sat down to the table with the children, 
but Mollie and Waddy remained out- 
side, because they were so big. 

Little did Billy dream, that birthday 
morning when he awoke, that he would 
have a real elephant at his birthday 
party! But he did; and he never gets 
tired of telling the story over and over 
again. 



Mollie, Waddy, and Tony began to get some of those 

good things 





CHAPTER XVII 

THE CHILDREN^ CAMPAIGN 

S INCE Billy Moffett’s birthday party, 
millions of children have made 
friends of Mollie, Waddy, and Tony. 

After a week in that little Pennsyl- 
vania town where Billy Moffett lived, 
our favorites continued their travels. 
As soon as the tour of the United 
States was finished, they went to 
Canada. After a long while, they 
found themselves once more in Europe. 
Again they visited their friends in Eng- 
land, France, Germany, Switzerland, 
and Russia. 

The elephants saw Elsie and Elizabeth 
once more; and, also, Elda and Sidhara. 
Oh, they were all so happy to see one 
another! 


100 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

Tony was growing fast. All three pets 
were just as jolly and good-natured as 
could be. 

A year went by, and then another, 
and still another, until one day Mollie, 
Waddy, and Tony found themselves way 
off in Cape Town, South Africa! It was 
from there that they started on their 
second trip to America. 

After all these years, Mr. and Mrs. 
Orford had become very tired of travel- 
ing. They were anxious to settle down 
in a home with Elsie and Elizabeth, 
whom they had left behind, either in a 
boarding-school or with relatives in 
England. 

The thought of selling Mollie, Waddy, 
and Tony made them feel very sad, but 
finally they decided to do so. But the 
kind master and mistress knew that, like 
themselves, the elephants needed a rest. 
They determined that if they sold them, 
it would not be for stage purposes but 
to some zoo, where the big fellows would 


THE CHILDREN’S CAMPAIGN 101 

be assured of a comfortable home for 
the rest of their lives. 

Now, in Boston, there lived a man 
who owned a newspaper. He was a 
man who found time to love the fine 
things of life along with his great busi- 
ness. One day he learned that the 
famous Mollie, Waddy, and Tony were 
for sale. 

“ Wouldn’t it be splendid if the chil- 
dren of Boston could have those ele- 
phants right in their city all the time!” 
he said to himself. And then a big idea 
came to him. 

He smiled a happy smile and sent at 
once for one of his men. Then he told 
this man his plans; and, one morning, 
when the Boston Post came out, it con- 
tained a story of how it would be pos- 
sible for the boys and girls of Greater 
Boston to buy those wonderful elephants 
for the Boston Zoo. 

Mr. Orford liked the plan very much; 
and, in order to help as much as possible, 


102 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

he agreed to sell his three big pets to 
the children for six thousand dollars, 
which was very cheap indeed for such 
clever elephants. 

And so it was that the big campaign 
started. Each morning the paper told 
the children how it was getting along. 
Boys and girls from far and near began 
to save their pennies, with which to buy 
a piece of the elephants. My, how they 
worked ! 

Some of the children held elephant 
parties and charged admission. Lots of 
money was raised in this way. Others 
sent in nickels and dimes to the man on 
the paper; and so the fund began to 
grow. 

Grown-up people, catching the spirit 
of the great campaign, began to help 
out; and the amount received grew 
bigger and bigger. 

When boys and girls ran errands, they 
sent in the pennies they earned to help 
buy Mollie, Waddy, and Tony. Little 


THE CHILDREN’S CAMPAIGN 103 


tots were paid for being good, and all 
that goodness went toward the sum. 

It seemed as if every boy and girl in 
Greater Boston were working to get 
those splendid elephants. In one month 
the fund had reached over three thou- 
sand dollars. Just think of that! 

Still the children worked. They sent 
letters by the thousands to the man in 
charge on the paper; and in each letter 
was a penny, or a nickel, or a dime. 

Every boy and girl wanted to own 
a piece of Tony’s ears, or a part of 
Waddy’s trunk, or a chunk of Mollie’s 
leg! 

At last, after a little over two months, 
the day came when the entire six thou- 
sand dollars were raised! How proud 
the boys* and girls were! Never before 
had so much money been collected by 
little children. The elephants were 
theirs! 

Of course, after such hard campaign 
work, it was only right that some big 


104 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

celebration should be held; and so this 
celebration was planned. 

The biggest outdoor seating place in 
the city was obtained. This was a base- 
ball park, with seats for thirty thousand. 

Oh, nothing will ever make Mollie, 
Waddy, and Tony forget that greatest 
day in all their lives! It was Saturday, 
and a beautiful summer’s day. 

Very early that morning the children 
began to arrive at the park. They came 
by the hundreds — by the thousands — 
until an endless stream poured into the 
seats. It seemed as if those seats filled 
up by magic. Fifteen minutes after the 
gates had opened, not a seat was left! 

Still on came the mighty army of 
children. Soon there were forty thou- 
sand! And still they came. At ten 
o’clock, the time when the exercises 
were to begin, sixty thousand youngsters 
had jammed into that park. And each 
and every one of them owned some part 
of the elephants! 


THE CHILDREN’S CAMPAIGN 105 

It was the greatest crowd of boys and 
girls ever gathered together in an en- 
closure in the history of the world! 

A band suddenly began to play down 
near the center of the field. The chil- 
dren were in fine spirits and began to 
shout with laughter as a score of funny 
clowns bounced out on to the green. 
Those clowns were so funny, tumbling 
about ! 

From then on there was something 
going on every minute. Daintily gowned 
girls danced fairy dances; and circus 
performers made the children gasp at 
their daring feats. It was a wonderful 
circus! 

When the Governor of the State and 
the Mayor of Boston, accompanied by 
three companies of boy soldiers, entered 
through the main gate, the cheering and 
clapping grew louder than ever. What 
a splendid sight it was! 

This meant that it was time for 
Mollie, Waddy, and Tony to appear. 


106 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

Suddenly the band burst into stirring 
music. Open flew the side gates, and 
through them marched Mollie, Waddy, 
and Tony! 

What a noise arose in that ball park! 
The children fairly screamed out a wel- 
come! Certainly it was the finest recep- 
tion the elephants had ever received. 
They were very modest about it, too, 
following close to Mr. and Mrs. Orford 
and keeping their eyes straight ahead. 

Around the field marched the proces- 
sion, — that is, around that part which 
wasn’t crowded with boys and girls. In 
the center of the green they stopped. 

The children were so hoarse, they just 
couldn’t cheer any more. But they 
shrieked with laughter when they saw 
little Tony try to put his trunk in the 
Governor’s pocket to see if he could find 
some sugar there. 

Then the clever pets went through 
every trick they ever knew; and cer- 
tainly gave a wonderful performance. 



Suddenly the band burst into stirring music 








THE CHILDREN’S CAMPAIGN 107 

In behalf of the children, the Governor 
made a speech, praising them for their 
splendid work in buying the elephants. 
Then, acting for the boys and girls, he 
formally presented Mollie, Waddy, and 
Tony to the Mayor of Boston. The 
boys and girls felt very proud. 

Did you ever hear of anything quite 
like this before? 

Don’t you think the boys and girls of 
Boston were very smart? 


CHAPTER XVIII 


THE NEW HOME 

A ND what became of Mollie, 
Waddy, and Tony, after that big 
celebration at the Boston ball park? 

Why, they were taken to the great 
Franklin Park Zoo, in Boston, where 
they are to be taken care of for the 
rest of their lives. 

Perhaps you would like to listen to a 
little talk the three elephants had that 
night, after they arrived at the park. 
They were almost too happy to talk, 
and it was not until their supper was 
nearly over that Mollie finally spoke. 

“Oh, wasn’t it wonderful?” she cried, 
patting little Tony with her trunk. 

“We have traveled all over the world, 
yet we never dreamed of anything so 


THE NEW HOME 


109 


splendid,” answered Waddy, with a 
happy light in her eye. 

“I think it must be Heaven,” sighed 
little Tony. “I would like to kiss every 
little boy and girl I saw to-day, — I am 
so happy! And then I would give them 
each a big lump of sugar, — as big as 
you are, Mollie.” 

Mollie and Waddy laughed. 

“Fin afraid they would all be sick, if 
they ate so much sugar,” said Waddy. 

Outside it was growing dark; but oh, 
how restful and quiet it was! There 
was no “ whirr! whirr!” of car wheels 
under their feet any more! No rocking 
of a big boat! 

“Do you know,” went on Waddy, “I 
heard Mr. Orford tell Johan that the 
City of Boston was only going to keep 
us in this stable for a short time.” 

“Oh, I heard that, too,” interrupted 
Tony. “He said we were going to have 
a fine new building, all for our own 
home.” 


110 MOLLIE, WADDY, AND TONY 

“Aren’t we lucky elephants?” was all 
Mollie could say. 

What Waddy and Tony had overheard 
was perfectly true, for in the days that 
followed, workmen were busy building a 
beautiful new home for our pets. 

In the meantime, children of far and 
near came by the thousands to see them. 
And they always brought goodies with 
them, much to the delight of the ele- 
phants. 

At last came the day when they were 
to move into their own new house; and 
once more countless boys and girls helped 
to make the day a success. 

The Mayor of Boston had kept his 
promise to give Mollie, Waddy, and 
Tony the finest kind of a home. So 
beautiful was the building that the ele- 
phants had to pinch themselves to see 
if they were really awake when they 
went into it. 

Everything was roomy and clean. It 
would be cool in summer and warm in 


THE NEW HOME 


111 


winter. There were splendid quarters 
for Johan, their keeper, who was to 
live with them. 

Best of all, there was a great out-of- 
door yard, where they could walk about 
with perfect freedom. In one corner of 
this yard was a deep bathtub, probably 
the biggest] one you ever heard of, as 
clean and white as your own tub at 
home. 

And there they are to-day — these 
wonderful, really and truly elephants. 
Certainly every boy and girl who comes 
to Boston from other cities will want 
to visit Mollie, Waddy, and Tony. 

And when you come to visit, be sure 
to take a little sugar along, for there is 
always a look in that little rascal Tony’s 
eye, which seems to say: 

“I think you’ve got some sugar in 
your pocket!” 


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